Don't add oil to the whole bottle, you can send the ratio of preservatives and stabilisers off. Make up small batches for safety.

You should be able to add a small amount of oil to a larger amount of conditioner and have it stay mixed if you blend whilst the oil is cooling - depends on the conditioner base tho, you will need plenty of emulsifying agents to be able to take the extra oil.

I have been wanting to do this, and I can't wait to try this. Because Shea Moisture Restorative Conditioner doesn't have enough slip, I want to add coconut oil to it to add more slip.

Originally Posted by naturallyjaz

I doubt that will work I reckon you'd get a greasy mess that won't blend - the emulsifiers in there are already working hard to hold the large amount of shea butter. IMO you'd be better off mixing it with a lighter conditioner rich in fatty alcohols and cationic surfactants for slip, dilute down the shea butter which is not great for slip but can build up.http://journal.scconline.org/pdf/cc2...273-p00280.pdf

My conditioner contains a fatty alcohol (thanks Firefox!), so I'll give it a shot and see what happens.

Blueblood, thanks for the tip -- and I really wish it would work for me -- but I've tried applying straight-up oil to my hair several times (even a tiny amount), and it won't come out unless I use shampoo. The only way I can apply oil to my hair is if it's mixed in a creamy base.

I disagree. This happened through anger and frustration from a ratty tangle in the shower. I was just cowashing one day and this horrible dread like not wouldn't give in no matter how much I tried so I did this. I took a jar of half used trader joe's virgin coconut oil and squirted enough suave coconut to fill it up. Gave it a nice shake and I made the most amazingly slippery dt in the world. That bad boy was dissolved almost instantaneously and I clipped my hair up while proceeding with other showerly duties. By the end I didn't even feel like using any other products. So I left a dime of the concotion in my hair and plopped. Needless to say its day 4 and I don't want to wash my hair ever again.

Blueblood, I'm under the impression that coconut oil and olive oil are the only oils that actually penetrate the hair shaft. Wouldn't a different oil, such as the lighter ones you mentioned, just sit on my hair and not be absorbed?

Bringingcurliesback, did the concoction you mixed up stay nice, or did the coconut re-solidify? That is, if you had any left over after your experiment.